{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Strawman Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog","author_name":"Andrew Page","author_url":"https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog\/author\/andrew\/","title":"The Narratives Of A Crisis - Strawman Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Mt4hgOX9RM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog\/the-narratives-of-a-crisis\/\">The Narratives Of A Crisis<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog\/the-narratives-of-a-crisis\/embed\/#?secret=Mt4hgOX9RM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Narratives Of A Crisis&#8221; &#8212; Strawman Blog\" data-secret=\"Mt4hgOX9RM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/strawman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irish-GFC.png","thumbnail_width":468,"thumbnail_height":312,"description":"I recently watched a talk by Patrick Honohan, Ireland\u2019s central bank governor through the depths of the GFC. He was reflecting on the country\u2019s property and banking collapse of 2009, and no surprise, it got my inner perma-bear twitching. But this isn\u2019t about to turn into some Chicken Little rant about the similarities with Australia\u2019s housing market. Actually, there are [&hellip;]"}